I think it would be a problem if Hollywood was casting British actors only as villains; if that were the case, then certainly there would be cause for concern.
For some actors, their star shines brightly and fizzles out. My star doesn't shine that brightly, but it buzzes along. Hopefully, that means it will last longer.
Directors have a tendency to use their hands like orchestra conductors. They don't realize that the actor is looking at their faces, anyway.
The actors are the greatest executors of tone in a film. They're the most important cinematic component.
I like playwriting because it's rooted in a single location with actors standing talking to each other.
Any actor who judges his character is a fool - for every role you play you've got to absorb that character's motives and justifications.
First of all, the actor needs to get out of the character's way. You follow the character without judgment or prejudice or preconceived ideas.
I don't like getting dressed up. It's hard because as a woman, as an actor, the whole world wants you to enjoy dressing up.
Before I became an actor, I was a visual artist, and I've always hankered for the storytelling behind the camera.
You never really know why you become an actor: it's a visceral thing, an emotional thing.
If you're going to be that kind of actor and go way out there, it's really important to take care of yourself and have a safe place, whatever that is.
I think every actor wants a certain amount of control. Maybe not control, as such, but just to be part of the process. But it's not necessary, I guess.
The trap for an actor is that you become too successful at what you're trying to do, and you can find yourself stuck there.
It is interesting to be here and to see that for certain actors they have to live in a way that you think of nobody living anymore except for in small towns. They have such elaborate double lives.
Meryl Streep is my favorite actor. She is so classy and a brilliant actress. Her performance in 'Sophie's Choice' just kills me.
My job is essentially that of an entertainer, no different to that of a musician, no different to that of an actor. I just happen to be an author.
I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep.
I started to study, because I knew I had to learn a lot about myself as an actor; you can't act the same as you did as a child.
As a writer, I am just an actor in a play, telling a story that needs to be told.
I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.
I'm one of those actors who is going to come in with 2,500 ideas. You can shoot down 2,499, but one of them you're going to like.
